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  • The Register: The Feds want developers to stop coding ‘unforgivable’ buffer overflow vulns

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/13/fbi_cisa_unforgivable_buffer_overflow/ Source: The Register Title: The Feds want developers to stop coding ‘unforgivable’ buffer overflow vulns Feedly Summary: FBI, CISA harrumph at Microsoft and VMware in call for coders to quit baking avoidable defects into stuff US authorities have labelled buffer overflow vulnerabilities “unforgivable defects”, pointed to the presence of the holes in…

  • Hacker News: Dangerous dependencies in third-party software – the underestimated risk

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    Source URL: https://linux-howto.org/article/dangerous-dependencies-in-third-party-software-the-underestimated-risk Source: Hacker News Title: Dangerous dependencies in third-party software – the underestimated risk Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Short Summary with Insight:** The provided text offers an extensive exploration of the vulnerabilities associated with software dependencies, particularly emphasizing the risks posed by third-party libraries in the rapidly evolving landscape…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Sam Altman

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/12/sam-altman/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Sam Altman Feedly Summary: We want AI to “just work” for you; we realize how complicated our model and product offerings have gotten. We hate the model picker as much as you do and want to return to magic unified intelligence. We will next ship GPT-4.5,…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI Cancels Its o3 AI Model In Favor of a ‘Unified’ Next-Gen Release

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/02/12/2119245/openai-cancels-its-o3-ai-model-in-favor-of-a-unified-next-gen-release?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI Cancels Its o3 AI Model In Favor of a ‘Unified’ Next-Gen Release Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI has decided to cancel the release of its o3 model in favor of a simplified product lineup, with plans to introduce GPT-5 in the coming months. This…

  • The Register: Arizona laptop farmer pleads guilty for funneling $17M to Kim Jong Un

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/12/arizona_woman_laptop_farm_guilty/ Source: The Register Title: Arizona laptop farmer pleads guilty for funneling $17M to Kim Jong Un Feedly Summary: 300+ US companies, 70+ individuals hit by the fraudsters An Arizona woman who created a “laptop farm" in her home to help fake IT workers pose as US-based employees has pleaded guilty in a…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: The BadPilot campaign: Seashell Blizzard subgroup conducts multiyear global access operation

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/02/12/the-badpilot-campaign-seashell-blizzard-subgroup-conducts-multiyear-global-access-operation/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: The BadPilot campaign: Seashell Blizzard subgroup conducts multiyear global access operation Feedly Summary: Microsoft is publishing for the first time our research into a subgroup within the Russian state actor Seashell Blizzard and its multiyear initial access operation, tracked by Microsoft Threat Intelligence as the “BadPilot campaign”.…